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- Civil Rights icon draws formidable challenger Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:05PMATLANTA — As if 25 years in Congress isn’t enough to make a person unbeatable for re-election, John Lewis also has the distinction of being an historic leader of the civil rights movement. For Georgians and blacks across the country, Lewis is considered an icon. So, it’s noteworthy that he faces his most formidable primary challenge to his re-election next year. Fulton County Superior Court ...
- Buzzkill: Fan may owe taxes on rewards for Jeter’s 3,000th Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:23PMChristian Lopez might end up wishing he kept that baseball after all. Lopez became more than a footnote to the spectacle of Derek Jeter getting his 3,000th hit on Saturday at Yankee Stadium by returning the milestone baseball to the New York Yankees shortstop rather than cash it in for a likely six-figure payday. That touched off a debate still raging among fans days later: Would you have given ...
- Telescope: No, I don't see the emperor's clothes Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 7:30AMHe feels sorry for CIOs. Thinks they are treated like butlers. When he arrives to teach IT at a B-School’s executive program, the CEOs hate him. And while everyone is chanting about business-IT alignment, he makes you feel how corny the whole concept actually is. He is Peter Hinssen.
- Abatements: How much good do they do? Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 4:28AMPoliticians routinely promise to create jobs. And one of the tools they use in job creation is the property tax abatement, which usually cuts by about half the amount of property taxes due on new business investment over a 10-year period.
- Another View: San Joaquin Valley farmers are not water villains Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 10:47PMThe commentary in The Bee alleged that San Joaquin Valley farmers are using distortions to steal water from Northern California with new legislative efforts. That description is unfair. Nowhere is there an acknowledgment that valley farmers have already given more water for the environment than any other region of California over the past two decades.
- A heritage hedge fund? Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 2:08AMWhere the public sees a closed navigation canal and locks next to a shuttered paper mill, local officials see a chance to leverage an investment toward persuading Congress to designate a Willamette Falls National Heritage Area. The exact dimensions of the area are still being hashed out, but it ...
- HTML5: what's behind the hype? Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 5:23AMI can’t wait until 2023. The HTML5 specification will finally be complete and all browser-makers will know precisely what it is and it can be uniformly implemented.
- NEWS ANALYSIS - Staffing: it's a war Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 6:06PMDon't take your staff for granted - that's the message from IT employment industry experts.
- Australians must increase productivity: Treasury head Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 3:55PMTreasury Secretary Martin Parkinson is warning Australians face declining living standards if they do not increase productivity.
- was ultimately Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 4:33PMBaptist Press Stories for Jun. 27 2011 --------------------------------------- Joplin tornado didn't halt Thai mission trip http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=35645 Q&A: What the religious exemptions in N.Y.'s 'gay marriage' law will and won't cover http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=35647 Landmark: New York legalizes 'gay marriage ...
- Letter: How can nurse seeking job get more experience if no one will hire her? Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 4:21PMIf they are in such need of nurses, then why won't they hire me and allow me to get experience? I don't know what else to do.
- VOP letter: Don't let windbags touch Social Security Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 2:00PMRIVES JUNCTION — HR 2109 was introduced on June 10 by Rep. Pete Sessions to privatize Social Security. Regardless of what the politicians in Washington say, Social Security will not go broke until 2037, so they still have 26 years...
- Cliff Corcoran: Top prospects arrive but can't dent top five in either AL or NL Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 12:54PMThe list of compelling rookies in the major leagues has grown considerably in the last month. With their clubs having waited long enough to prevent them from being eligible for Super-Two arbitration after the 2013 season, Dodgers shortstop Dee Gordon, A's second baseman Jemile Weeks, Padres first baseman Anthony Rizzo, Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas, and Mariners second baseman Dustin ...
- NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 26 June 2011 Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 12:28PMAll ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Crew off-duty. Ahead: Week 15 of Increment 27/28.
- The invisible (unemployed) have their say Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 3:55PMThey have voices. It's just that people like me rarely give them their say and the politicians we elect don't listen to them when we do. The last time I let one of them tell her story was seven years ago, when an anonymous Valley woman, her voice cracking, left a message on my answering machine that began: “I'm wondering, has anybody noticed in America all of us that are unemployed? I'm 43 years ...
- Pitching by the Numbers: Middle management Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 11:06AMMany top middle relievers are widely available despite offering impactful strikeout and ratio numbers.
- History made as debate on back-to-work bill continues Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 8:29AMMembers of Parliament remain locked in a political standoff as the government continues to press its back-to-work legislation to end the ongoing postal labour dispute. The NDP has committed to stalling the legislation as long as possible.
- Quebec's Absolute Return Flop? Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 7:00AMVia Pension Pulse. Woke up at 5:30 this morning and headed to the gym. My new routine now is get up early and head for a hard workout first thing in the morning, but when I got there, the gym was closed because it's St-Jean Baptiste Day, a national holiday in Quebec . I'm pissed, it's raining, haven't been to the gym in a couple of days, and really needed my workout. Why am I sharing this ...
- MPs debate back-to-work legislation for postal workers Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 10:44AMMembers of Parliament held off their summer break Thursday night as they settled into the House of Commons for a lengthy debate over the government's back-to-work legislation for Canada Post workers.
- End of the gay road Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 8:58AMHas Melbourne lost its gay precinct on Commercial Road?
- Seeing too much skin? Time for a dress code Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 7:48AMIt's an uncomfortable summertime moment that many small business owners face: A female staffer shows up for work in the shortest of shorts. Or a male staffer arrives wearing a tank top. And they work in full view of customers or clients.
- Letters to the editor Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 9:13PMWater rights, gold dredging
- Canada Post suspends operations across country Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 1:04PMCanada Post has locked out its 48,000 unionized workers across the country, saying that rotating 24-hour strikes have cost the company almost $100 million.
- Mark Cuban will pay for your $110,000 bar tab. And your parade Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 11:14AMIn the Dallas Mavericks ' NBA Finals after-party, team owner Mark Cuban bought a bottle of champagne for his team, and then left a 22 percent tip. We also should point out that the bottle was nearly half the size of the 7-foot Dirk Nowitzki , it cost $90,000, and his tip was $20,000. The New York Post reports that this made up the entirety of his tab for the night, but we suspect Cuban bought ...
- The end of carbon tokenism Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 4:59PMAs public policy goes, funding rooftop solar is madness – and it seems the Productivity Comission firmly agrees. 10 Jun 2011 10:10 AM
- How To Interview Someone You Know Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 10:38AMOrganizations spend the majority of their hiring resources on finding and screening external candidates. But when you need to fill a position, the most cost-effective and practical thing you can do is hire someone from within. In fact, most hiring in companies is done internally.
- Five questions with … Ron Foxcroft Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 7:35AMRon Foxcroft, the gregarious man behind both a large trucking company and a whistle that is sold around the world, will be inducted into Burlington's Entrepreneur Hall of Fame at a gala Thursday.
- Black Unemployment Crisis: Loss of Government Jobs Hurts African Americans Hardest Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 8:04AMFiled under: News From the Huffington Post : Kenneth Mathis is the kind of man who values stability. More than three decades ago, when he was 19, Mathis was hired by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a government position that seemed to confer assurance of middle class comforts. As an African American, he figured a job with a government agency would be a way around "the good old boy ...
- Without McDonald's, America Would Have Lost Jobs In May Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 10:09AMThe only thing keeping America from nationwide job losses last month were the Golden Arches. Contrary to popular belief, McDonald's April hiring binge wasn't counted in the government;s April employment report. Those 62,000 McJobs "created" in the one day HR/publicity stunt are the only reason that America didn't flat out lose jobs according to May's report. The numbers out today : the U.S ...
- Local job seekers not surprised by unemployment stats Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 7:57AMEmployers hired only 54,000 new workers in May, the fewest in eight months, and the unemployment rate rose to 9.1 percent.
- Hamilton next in line for rotating Canada Post strikes Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 7:09AMIn a bid to the increase pressure on continuing negotiations with Canada Post, the postal workers' union says its members in Hamilton, Ontario will be the next to follow their Winnipeg co-workers onto the picket line.
- Simon, You mention rights of Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 9:45PMIn reply to What To Do If It's Worse Than WorkChoices : Simon, You mention rights of workers, rights of unions , basic rights etc … rights, rights, rights. The point you are missing is that people want employment to be contingent on doing something, producing some effect, achieving improvements, making this a better State, that is, serving the public. We are seeing less and less of that. We pay ...
- Madcom - I get what your Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 9:45PMIn reply to What To Do If It's Worse Than WorkChoices : Madcom - I get what your saying but the big elephant in the room is corporate power. There’s one law for them and another for us poor suckers. www.tradeunion.wordpress.com I @gemoase
- Alright Gerry Lamb - tell me Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 9:45PMIn reply to What To Do If It's Worse Than WorkChoices : Alright Gerry Lamb - tell me who those fat cats are and what they’re earning? I’d see the blow torch is best redirected here - http://www.crikey.com.au/topic/gina-rinehart/ - $10.3b is one fat chunk. www.tradeunion.wordpress.com I @gemoase
- Harvey Mackay: Look beyond human resources to find a job Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 4:30AMA big stack of my mail comes from frustrated people who have tried very hard to find jobs without success. With the slow economic recovery, it's still mighty tough out there. As I researched my
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- 15 Career Tips for Recent Grads Monday, May 23, 2011 @ 1:24PMThose looking to get ahead financially should leverage their social networks and school resources.
- Mitchell Bard: The GOP Has Gone from the Party of No to the Party of F You Monday, May 23, 2011 @ 10:07AMWhen Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels announced he would not seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012 (a week after Mike Huckabee also chose not...
- ‘Think my wife is hot?’ and other job interviewer gaffes Thursday, May 19, 2011 @ 4:25AMFour job interview questions you don’t want to ask candidates (and three you do)
- House bill could jeopardize federal unemployment benefits Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 11:06AMThe folks over at the National Employment Law Project are keeping an eye on a piece of legislation that has the potential to undo the year-long reauthorization of federal unemployment benefits.
- High-paid manager joining rolls of unemployed looking for jobs (With Video) Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 10:03AMEAST WHITELAND — Sharon Carbine is an information technology analyst, a lawyer, holds a master’s degree in tax law and is a certified public accountant.
- Michael Thornton: 99ers and the Long-term Unemployed Are the Elephants in the Economic Recovery Room Sunday, May 15, 2011 @ 5:54PMJob growth is important, but it's also important to realize the hole that needs to be filled. Since February 2010, 1.8 million jobs have been created, but 8.8 million jobs were lost prior to that period. That's a shortage of 7 million.
- Medicare to exhaust funds sooner, report finds Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 12:26AMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two of the government's most popular programs for the elderly, Medicare and Social Security, will run out of money sooner than thought earlier as a slow-growing economy saps revenues, a report on Friday said.
- Mahoning County moving on Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 11:30PMTribune Chronicle YOUNGSTOWN - Mahoning County commissioners on Thursday eliminated the county administrator position, and the contract of the man who held the job, in favor of creating two new positions to do more "day-to-day" "hands-on" work.
- Gov. Haley: Let?s Hear from President Obama on Boeing, NLRB Tuesday, May 10, 2011 @ 6:14PMSouth Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley was in Washington today to draw national attention to the National Labor Relations Board’s unjustifiedRead the Rest...
- Closing Time: Analyzing Tony La Russa’s ninth-inning committee Sunday, May 8, 2011 @ 3:54PMFrom a pure baseball standpoint, Tony La Russa is doing the right thing. From a fantasy standpoint, it's going to be a tricky go. The Cardinals have four victories over their past six games and they've all been saved by different relievers. Mitchell Boggs got the handshake Sunday, Eduardo Sanchez closed up Wednesday, Fernando Salas was the man Thursday and lefty specialist Trever Miller ended ...
- Brand new you Thursday, May 5, 2011 @ 5:45AMWhat does it mean to build a personal brand? And why is it important to do so in today's job market? HR consultant Sally Jacobson, a former HR director at L&Q, gave some top tips at last night's Badenoch & Clark housing career strategies seminar in London.
- Gas prices pinch florists this Mother's Day Thursday, May 5, 2011 @ 1:07AMPeople are dealing with high gas prices by not driving as much, but florists don't have that option.
- Office Coach: Don't alienate HR manager whose brother is the boss Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 6:34PMQ: One of my employees, "Katrina," has some performance issues which I am trying to resolve. However, some of her co-workers have apparently decided to collect their own "evidence" against her. They record Katrina's arrival and departure times, track how often she leaves her desk, and scrutinize her emails for grammatical errors.
- Jobs that pay $100 per hour Tuesday, May 3, 2011 @ 12:37AMWhat do a tattoo artist, an interior designer and a underwater welder have in common? A standard pay of $100 per hour.